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Couple Having Sex Caught By Google Street View

Lucky Larry — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:18:07 +0000

The Google street view camera was sent to map out an Australian highway and caught a rather interesting picture while traveling down Dukes Highway/National Highway A8! A couple was caught in the act of having a good time when the camera drove by. Someone searching the for directions ran across the image, which has since [...]

See All of Google's April Fool's Day Pranks

Emerald Catron — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:20:00 +0000

If you’re anything like us, you probably have no idea what day it is. Well, it’s Monday, April 1st. Yes, it’sÂ April Fool’s Day, which means that Google is planning to pull the wool over our eyes all day long. Here are some of the pranks they’re pulling, in case you are super-gullible. Google Nose [...]

Google Makes Year in Review Video for Folks Who Weren't Paying Attention

Emerald Catron — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:30:26 +0000

It’s nice to know that Google isn’t just harvesting information about us and selling it to advertisers. Look! They also used our searches to make this video! The video, ‘Zeitgeist 2012: Year In Review,’ shows the top (non-porn) search terms for the last year and includes video as much as possible. If they included porn [...]

Google Steals Christmas, Deletes Entire Month of December from App

Donald Deane — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Find yourself wishing the holidays were over already? Well, thanks to a bug in the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, the month of December has been canceled altogether. Is Google the new Grinch?

Siri Versus Google Voice Search — Who Wins?

Emerald Catron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:30:44 +0000

We’re sure Apple fanboys will have something to say about this. In a head-to-head contest between Siri and Google Voice Search, it looks like Siri is the loser. But at least she’s friendly while she’s taking her precious time answering your questions. Truthfully, though, both are still faster than asking another person, thankfully. We are [...]

Was a UFO Spotted Over East Texas?

Amy Austin — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:00:45 +0000

It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane and it’s definitely not Superman — it’s a UFO. What was that in the sky yesterday in Jacksonville? This image appeared on Google Maps when when someone Googled Jacksonville, Texas. The UFO was discovered when Andrea Dove of Houston was getting directions to visit her aunt in [...]

Google Is the Best Place to Work — What Else Made the List?

Shauna Wright — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:00:13 +0000

Working at Google is often considered the Holy Grail of employment, and no wonder — for the second time in three years, the company has been named the happiest place to work. For its Bliss Leap Awards, job site CareerBliss asked American employees to rate 10 key “happiness factors” like work/life balance, work environment, pay, [...]

Soccer, Google's Doodle Olympic Game Of The Day

Lucky Larry — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:30:57 +0000

The U.S. women's soccer team defeated Japan yesterday to win the gold medal in the Summer Olympics by beating them 2-1 in front of more than 80-thousand people in London's Wembley Stadium. This morning when I went to Google something about Pink at the MTV VMA's, I noticed a new game on the Google homepage - SOCCER!

Google Turns Users Into Olympic Athletes [VIDEO]

Leslie Reynolds — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:00:27 +0000

It’s obvious that some of us will never become a world class athlete, or make it to the Olympics. If I’m being honest I can’t even run a mile, so that dream is crushed. Luckily, Google is giving people like you and me the chance to become a world class hurdler. Well, kind of. Google [...]

Google's Best April Fool's Day Pranks

Kathy Landin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:00:07 +0000

Every year since 2000, except 2001 and 2003, Google has treated netizens to at least one, sometimes 17, April Fool’s Day pranks and easter eggs. And, since we know they love to play (check out their new Google Play offering), we’re hoping 2012 will be no different.

Google Officially Launches Google Music

Amy Sciarretto — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:00:22 +0000

A new Google product is officially upon us and it’s Google Music. The Beta version was available for a good chunk of time and it allowed users to upload up to 20,000 songs, free of charge, to the cloud, so it could be streamed no matter the user’s location. Well, now the service has been upgraded with the launch and there is so much content and convenience that will be yours for the taking.

'Do a Barrel Roll' and Other Fun Google Easter Eggs [IMAGES]

Don Deane — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:00:51 +0000

Did you know that internet mainstay Google, the search engine that gets 1 billion visitors each month, contains several carefully-hidden easter eggs? It’s true. Google doesn’t just return web pages, images, video and information about your old grade school pals. Depending upon the search term, users can make Google do a variety of amusing things. [...]

Google Staff Carves Giant Pumpkins For Halloween Google Doodle [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:30:52 +0000

Several Google employees recently swapped their laptops for carving knives and spent the day whittling six enormous pumpkins with the letters of the search engine’s name. The result? The Halloween Google Doodle, of course. In the timelapse video below, you’ll see the carvers cheered on by costumed co-workers and Pegman, Google’s Street View mascot. Sophia [...]

'The Google+ Song' Explains (and Parodies) the New Social Network [VIDEO]

Chip Sandalwood — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:00:39 +0000

If you’re not on Google+ yet, you probably know it’s a social network but not much more. What are these circles everyone’s talking about? How about hangouts? And isn’t this the same thing as Google Buzz? Though this LOL-inducing Google+ song from Break (sung to the tune of Queen’s ‘Another One Bites the Dust’) might not answer all your burning questions about the new social service, it’ll definitely get stuck in your head.

Google Loves Lucy 100 Years Later

roddwayne — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:05:32 +0000

Videos, quotes and images of Lucille Ball took over the Internet on Saturday as the world celebrates what would have been the legendary actress’ 100th birthday.

And in a unique way to honor the “I Love Lucy” star Google used

Microsoft Spoofs Google's Invasiveness With 'Gmail Man' Ad [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:00:59 +0000

As Gmail users know, the Google webmail service tracks every word you type and read, and then uses the information they gather in targeted advertisements — making for sometimes useful and sometimes eerie invasions of privacy.

The folks at Microsoft had some fun with their rival’s snooping in this video spoof about a “Gmail Man” — a flesh-and-blood mailman who opens and reads your letters before he delivers them.